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Service Triggering in MVNO & Multi-Country environments

Authors:
Marc Cheboldaeff

Keywords: IN, Service Trigger, MVNO, Multi-Country, IMS

Abstract:
Traditional mobile operators invested huge amounts of money in the 1990s to build the current 2G wireless networks, like GSM networks in Europe. Those networks have proven to be stable. In most cases, their capacity has not yet been exhausted. Furthermore, the marketing departments of mobile operators now consider the commercial possibility of selling mobile subscriptions through new channels, like supermarkets. The concept of Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) arose. Some of them are just new brands and do not own any telecommunications equipment. Other companies do own part of the network: these are the Mobile Virtual Network Enablers (MVNE). They provide part of the network infrastructure, while the Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) serve end-customers. Furthermore, in the context of international globalization, it appears more and more meaningful that the same platform in one dedicated country serves end-subscribers from several operators in different countries. When it comes to service triggering, the interactions between three kinds of network are critical. These three kinds of networks are: the home network, which owns the services’ platform, the host network, which actually triggers the platform in the home country, and visited networks, where the subscriber may roam abroad. The goal of the present paper is to study these interactions based on an actual implementation example.

Pages: 91 to 99

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2008. Used with permission.

Publication date: February 24, 2009

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-2644